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Tag: suicide

“Strong and Sturdy”

CW/TW: suicidal ideation. The grotesque irony of realising that you do indeed need to be hospitalised for your own safety … More

BPD, breakdown, depression, hospital, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, self harm, suicidality, suicide, writing

Baby Boy

cw/tw: drug abuse, suicidal ideation, graphic description of imagined death The last time I walked this far I was a … More

BPD, breakdown, cats, death, drug abuse, grief, mental health, mental illness, pandemic, pets, poem, poetry, suicidality, suicide, writers, writing

On Re-Reading My Own Book

Yesterday, I re-read my debut poetry collection, History of Present Complaint, for the first time since its release in February … More

books, borderline personality disorder, BPD, CPTSD, diary, dissociation, grief, journal, memory, poems, poetry, PTSD, reading, suicide, therapy, trauma, writing

High Enough

I am standing on the roof. I am smoking a cigarette. I should be at work but I am too … More

death, depression, dreams, grief, home, London, loss, memoir, mental illness, prose, real life, relationships, short prose, suicidal, suicide

City Triptych

1. Thursday night in the city / 10pm-ish I think / I’m busy / doing nothing / watching / the … More

books, city, depression, drunk, LDN, London, mental health, mental illness, monologue, observation, poem, poetry, suicidal, suicide, writing

Watch

1. Minutes these relentless finite minutes of mine he says we have to make ours count but I just count … More

death, depression, existentialism, life, love, mental illness, mortality, philosophy, poem, poetry, relationships, suicide, time, writing

Friends in Low Places

Originally published at Nauseated Drive here.

death, life, London, madness, mental illness, poem, poetry, suicide, writing

Terrified

I should’ve realised that we weren’t going to make it when we were wandering around that big, empty house out … More

depression, domestic life, family, home, life, love, marriage, mental illness, motherhood, poem, poetry, relationships, suicide

Strong Oak

CW: suicide, death, description of dead body I went past him on the bus. I could only see his feet, … More

alcohol, death, delusions, fiction, mental health, mental illness, Poland, prose, psychiatry, psychosis, short prose, short story, suicide, writing

from Breasts & Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Natsuko’s responses to being asked ‘Why do grown-ups get drunk?’ by Midoriko, her teenaged niece: “I don’t know. Probably because … More

alcohol, alcohol abuse, books, escape, humans, mental illness, quotation, quote, reading, suicide, writing

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